Why do the Haitians almost always get caught at sea but Cubans make land? In South Miami 19 Cubans came ashore at Haul Over Beach last week, 14 showed up at Hobie Beach this morning and 13 near that area yesterday and all came on go fast boats. A Cuban actually told the truth and said that they escaped economic hardship. Well there are other countries that are poor and don't have the same ability to walk in and get processed by immigration in 2 HOURS! The wetfoot/dryfoot policy has to stop as it is grossly unfair to others.

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Nearly 200 Haitians Picked Up At Sea
(CBS4) MIAMI Another group of Haitians has been caught making the dangerous journey to South Florida on an overcrowded boat.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute interdicted a 50-foot sail freighter about 12 miles west of Great Inagua, Bahamas. Onboard, packed shoulder to shoulder, 198 Haitian migrants.

The migrants were safely transferred from the sail boat to the cutter where they were given food, water, shelter and basic medical care.

The crew of the Resolute then returned the migrants to Port Au Prince, Haiti.


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Toddler Among Cuban Migrants Ashore On Hobie Beach
14 Came Ashore
10 Scattered, Police Searching For Them
4 Remained On The Beach
(CBS4) MIAMI For the second day in a row, a group of Cuban migrants have come ashore along Virginia Key, including a toddler.

According to CBS4’S Tiffany Helberg who spoke to one of the women who made the dangerous journey to freedom across the Florida Straits, there was a total of 14 people who were dropped off south of Hobie Beach between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Ten of the people quickly scattered but four remained and walked to Hobie Beach.

They’ve been identified by our news partners at The Miami Herald as Tanya Mangano, 38; her 1-year-old daughter, Sandra; her 13-year-old son, Alejandro; and a family friend, 35-year-old Maria Elena Aborrezzo Rodriguez.

Mangano told CBS4 News that they left Cuba on Sunday from the Villa Clara province.

Mangano says she’s happy to be here. “We came here because of economic problems. The situation there is very bad. We struggled to earn money to buy food,” Mangano told CBS4’S Tiffany Helberg.

This particular group says they don’t have any family here in South Florida but there is a family friend who is expected to pick them up after they are processed by immigration officials.

Thirteen other Cuban migrants came ashore Tuesday near the same place.

Under the U.S. government's wet foot/dry foot policy, Cubans who make it to American soil are generally allowed to stay while those interdicted at sea are more likely to be sent back.